Il Bacio di Tosca

Il Bacio di Tosca (Tosca's Kiss)
Directed by	Daniel Schmid
Starring	Sara Scuderi Giuseppe Manacchini Giulietta Simionato Leonida Bellon Salvatore Locapo Giovanni Puligheddu Della Benning Cesare Perugia Giuseppina Sani Giulia Scaramelli
Cinematography	Renato Berta
Distributed by	T&C Film, Zürich
Release dates	1984
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Switzerland
Language	Italian

Il Bacio di Tosca (Tosca's Kiss in the US) is a 1984 film directed by Daniel Schmid, a documentary of life in the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti of Milan, the world's first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896.^[1] The New York Times review called it "Bravissimo!" ^[2]

Dustin Hoffman cited Il Bacio di Tosca as a direct inspiration^[3] for his 2012 film Quartet.

Plot

The film follows retired soprano Sara Scuderi and the other tenants of the retirement home, as they re-live and re-enact the roles which made them famous.

Cast

• Sara Scuderi
• Giuseppe Manacchini
• Giulietta Simionato
• Leonida Bellon
• Salvatore Locapo
• Giovanni Puligheddu
• Della Benning
• Cesare Perugia
• Giuseppina Sani
• Giulia Scaramelli

Awards

The film received the Georges Delerue Prize for Best Musical Documentary at the Ghent International Film Festival in 1985 and the International Documentary Association IDA Award in 1986.

References

External links

• Il Bacio di Tosca at the Internet Movie Database
• Il Bacio di Tosca at Classical.Net
• Il Bacio di Tosca at Daniel Schmid's pages